May 4, 2010 Links and Plugs

My buddy (you're still taking to me right?) Joseph Nacino has a call for submissions for a "Diaspora Ad Astra" Filipino anthology. Andrew Wheeler also got the books I sent him.

Also, stay tuned to SF Signal for my Beastly Bride interviews. My first one, with Terra L. Gearhart-Serna, is up.

Interviews

• Alma Alexander interviews Benjamin Tate.
• Small Beer Press interviews Zhao Haihong.
• The Dragon Page interviews Jim Butcher (podcast).
• Ricard Fife interviews Maria Simons.
• The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews Eric Garcia.
• John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Jeri Smith-Ready.
  

Advice/Articles

• Twelfth Planet Press On ensuring subsequent story sales.
• Guy Hasson on American Authors vs. Foreign Authors.
• BBC on What Makes a Cult Film?
• Jim C. Hines on Why Con?
• Booklifenow on Personable, Passionate, and Polite: Editors on Agents.
• Rachelle Gardner on What's in a Publishing Contract?
• Stroppy Author on How to read a publishing contract (9).
• Janice Hardy on The Writer's Peak.
  

News

• Afterburn SF call for submissions.
• The 15th Chizine Short Story Contest.
• Charity Auction for Jeanne Robinson.

Ain't this cool?

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